Device with housing and damped, motion to extended position
AssigneeC.C. & L Company Limited
InventorSik Leung Chan
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Abstract
Devices comprising a multi-piece housing which move from a first configuration wherein an item is at least partially disposed within a housing to a second configuration wherein more of the item is disposed outside of the housing. Upon the selective actuation of a release, at least two housing portions initially move away from each other while the item moves from the first configuration toward the second configuration, the housing portions then move back toward each other, all in a damped motion. In the second configuration, at least a portion of the item is further away from the hinge-type connection than in the first configuration.
Claims33
An electronic device comprising a multi-piece housing and a display movably connected to said housing, said display movable between at least two configurations relative to said housing, including a first configuration wherein said display is disposed at least partially within said housing and a second configuration wherein said display is disposed substantially outside said housing;
- said housing comprising at least a first housing portion, a second housing portion and means for hingedly connecting said first housing portion to said second housing portion;
- means for moving sections of said first and second housing portions away from each other and then toward each other in a damped motion while moving said display from said first position toward said second position and further away from said connecting means.
A device comprising a multi-piece housing and an item movably connected to said housing, said device movable between at least two configurations including a first configuration wherein said item is disposed at least partially within said housing and a second configuration wherein less of said item is disposed within said housing than when said device is in said first configuration;
- said housing comprising at least a first housing portion and a second housing portion hingedly connected to said first housing portion;
- means for moving sections of at least two portions of said housing away from each other and then toward each other in a damped motion while moving said item from said first position toward said second position and further away from at least sections of said first and second housing portions which are hingedly connected.
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